Garment hanger



, 193?. G. REED GARMENT HANGER March 16 Filed Dec. 1, 1935 INVENTOR gram? Reed K TTORNEY} Patented Mar. 16, 1937 UNITED stares r rsnr or ies 3 Claims.

My invention relates to garment hangers, and has for its object the provision of a device of'the character designated which shall be simple and economical of manufacture, and which shall be '5 particularly adapted for use by the cleaning and dyeing trade in hanging and storing clothing made from thin, fine fabrics, such as ladies wear.

Another object of my invention is to provide a garment hanger which may be made from a relatively stiff flexible material, such as cardboard, and which may be cut and shipped flat and which, by a simple folding operation, as

sumes a shape suitable for supporting garments.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a garment hanger made from relatively stiff flexible material, cut and shipped flat and which shall embody a supporting hook and means for readily attaching the hook when the blank of material is folded to form a hanger.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a cardboard garment hanger cut from a single blank and foldable to form the hanger,

together with a supporting hook which shall embody means for holding the blank in folded relation. 1

As is well known, the cleaning and dyeing trade has heretofore relied almost exclusively on bent wire garment hangers. There are, however, certain well recognized difficulties with Wire hangers, especially in connection with garments made from fine fabrics, such as ladies. wear. Such garments, when placed upon a wire hanger and encased in a bag, have a, tendency to produce a pronounced crease along the shoulders of the garment, and any rust or corrosion which may be. on the hanger is liable to damage the fabric of the garment. This difficulty has led to the employment of a paper covering for a hanger to prevent the hanger from coming in contact with the fabric. Also, with wire hangers there is a tendency for the garments to slip, upon being disturbed, and fall from the hangers.

For the reasons just given, there has arisen in the trade a demand for a garment hanger which is economical of manufacture and which may be used instead of the regulation wire hanger, especially with ladies apparel. While 5O cardboard hangers have heretofore been proposed, difiiculties have been encountered with their use due to the fact that they were liable to damage if shipped completely assembled, and if intended for folding into shape at the place 55 of use, they have been of complicated design so as to entail such labor expense and time in folding as to preclude their practicability.-

In accordance with my invention, I have provided a hanger made from relatively stiff flexible material, such as cardboard, which may be cut from a single blank and shipped flat, and which is formed in shape for use by the simple operation of folding the blank over along its middle, and bending down the garment shoulder sup-- ports. A feature of my invention is the provision of a supporting hook made of bent Wire which is adapted to be threaded through apertures provided in the blank, and which is shaped so that it cooperates with the sides of the folded over blank to hold the hanger in its proper position when assembled.

A device embodying features of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved hanger assembled;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along the line IIIIII of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view along the line IV-IV of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the manner of applying the supporting hook;

Fig. 6 is a view of the blank from which the hanger is made; and

Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 3, showing a' modified form of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing for a better understanding of my invention, and particularly to Fig. 6, I show a cardboard blank H) which is scored along its middle I I so as to fold over upon itself, the lower part being indicated by the numeral l2 and theupper'part by M. The part 12 of the blank below the scored line H, as shown in the drawing, has an outer edge substantially parallel with the scored line ii and is provided with rounded corners It. The upper half is, as seen in the drawing, is provided with sloping sides It and I1 extending from the vertical center of the edge of the blank toward the middle scored line H. The blank is also slitted along diagonal lines l8 and I9 extending from the middle of the lower edge of the blank, as seen in the drawing, inwardly, and is scored-along lines 2| and 22 from the inner ends of the slits I3 and [9 to the edge so that tabs 20 are thus formed, which will be described more particularly hereafter.

In the upper part of the blank I4 I provide a pair of apertures 23 which, when the blank is folded over, register with similar apertures 24 in the lower half of the blank, the said apertures 23 and 24 being provided for attaching a supporting hook 26 to the completed hanger. The hook 26 has a depending shank 21 which is provided with an arcuate bend 28 terminating in a straight portion 29, being somewhat in the shape of a shepherds crook, which is threaded through the apertures 23 and 24.

In assembling the hanger, the portion M is folded over on the lower portion l2 of the blank along the line H, and the hook 28 is threaded through the lower of the apertures 23 and 24 provided in the blank as shown in Fig. 5. The shank 21 is then drawn through, next entering the straight portion 29 of the lower end of the shank into the upper of the apertures 23 and 24. The hook is then turned upwardly with a rotary motion to the position shown in Fig. 3, with the straight portion 29 lying against the portion l2 of the blank and the arcuate bend 28 threaded through the apertures 23 and 2- When thus assembled, the bend 28 holds the hanger firmly in its folded position.

The corners l3 of the portion E2 of the blank are then bent over the sloping sides [3 and l! of the portion l2 by hand to the intermediate dotted position shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, to form garment shoulder supporting surfaces. After a garment is placed on the hanger, the weight of the garment causes the edges to assume the lower dotted position shown in Fig. 4. The tabs 2!] are then bent over, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to lie on the shoulder supporting surfaces formed by the bent over portions it.

As is well known, when garments are cleaned they are placed upon a hanger, and a bag is then usually placed over the garment. A bag is indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing at 3!, and it will be seen that this bag will bear down upon the tabs 20 causing them to engage the collar 32 of a garment upon the hanger and prevent it from slipping sidewise upon the hanger when being handled.

Referring now to Fig. 7 of the drawing, I show a modified form of attaching the hook 26 to the folded over blank. In accordance with this modification, the lower half M of the blank is provided with only one hole 33, while the other half of the blank is provided with two holes 34 and 35. The hole 35 registers with the hole 33 when the blank is folded over, while the hole 34 is above the hole 32.

In attaching the hook 265, according to this modification, it is threaded through the holes 35 and 33 in the same manner as is shown for the lower of the holes 23 and 24 in Fig. of the drawing. The shank 21 is then drawn through the holes 35 and 33 and the straight portion 29 passes through the upper hole 34 and by a rotary motion, the hook is brought up to the position shown in Fig. '7, with the straight portion 29 lying between the upper edges of the halves l2 and l4. With this method of attaching the hook 26, the straight portion 29 is sprung between the two folded over edges of the blank and acts to prevent any rocking motion of the hanger about the hook.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that I have devised an improved garment hanger which is adapted for use with fine fabrics, which is extremely economical of manufacture, and which is simple and easy to assemble.

While I have shown my invention in but two forms, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of various other changes and modifications, without departing from the spirit thereof, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereupon as are imposed by the prior art or as are specifically set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a cardboard blank folded upon itself along its middle to provide garment supporting surfaces, said blank being provided near one edge with a pair of spaced apertures and near the other edge with an aperture registering with one of the first mentioned apertures, and a supporting hook threaded through the apertures, said hook on its blank engaging end being bent to provide an arcuate portion threaded through the two apertures and a straight portion extending upwardly between the edges of the blank.

2. A garment hanger comprising a cardboard blank folded upon itself along its middle to provide garment supporting surfaces, said blank being provided near one edge with a pair of vertically spaced apertures and near the other edge with an aperture registering with the lower of the first mentioned apertures, and a supporting hook threaded through the apertures, said hook on its blank engaging end being bent to provide an arcuate portion threaded through the two apertures and a straight portion extending upwardly between the edges of the blank.

3. A garment hanger comprising an elongated blank of cardboard folded over, said blank being triangular in shape on one side of its longitudinal center line and semi-oval in shape on the other, the rounded ends of the semi-oval shaped portion being folded over the sloping sides of the triangular shaped portion to form relatively wide, rounded, sloping garment shoulder supports, said blank being provided with holes near its outer edges in a vertical line with the center of gravity of the hanger, which register when said blank is folded to form the hanger, and a metallic hook for suspending the hanger, said hook on its lower end being provided with means to thread through the registering holes and hold the cardboard blank in folded relation and support the hanger with a garment thereon.

GRACE REED. 

